This provides a commentary on images, specifically on a series of French postcards depicting mainly eroticized "scenes from Algerian life" under... Show moreThis provides a commentary on images, specifically on a series of French postcards depicting mainly eroticized "scenes from Algerian life" under colonial rule during the first three decades of this century (which Alloula calls the "Golden Age of the colonial postcard"). The aim is to address, to some extent create, a new audience, one capable of seeing through the immediate scene of the images in order to view the machinery of colonialism at work, behind the scene. Edward Said has cited The Colonial Harem as an "excellent example" of the kind of post-colonial text that "open[s] the [Western] culture to experiences of the Other which have remained 'outside' (and have been repressed or framed in a context of confrontational hostility) the norms manufactured by 'insiders' and that "[t]he pictorial capture of colonized people by colonizer" is made intelligible for an audience of modem European readers" ("Opponents, Audiences, Constituencies and Community"). This view, by no means unanimous,) is nonetheless roughly accurate in at least its most general point: Alloula does intend to bring the "outside" closer to the "inside" and, in doing so, to reverse the distinction by presenting not only a critique of political "capture," but a counter-image of resistance as well. The orient as stereotype and phantasm -- Women from the outside: obstacle and transparency -- Women's prisons -- Women's quarters -- Couples -- The figures of the harem: dress and jewelry -- Inside the harem: The rituals -- Song and dance: Almehs and bayaderes -- Oriental Sapphism -- The colonial harem: images of a suberoticism. Malek Alloula ; translation by Myrna Godzich and Wlad Godzich ; introduction by Barbara Harlow. Translation of: Le harem colonial. Main Heritage Compact General HQ1791.5 .A7613 1986 Reference Item-ID: i24475099 BIB-ID: 2555373 Includes bibliographical references (page 135). Show less
Pierpont Morgan Library, Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts, Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Catalogs, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Indic--Catalogs, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs, ND2955 .S36 1996
by Barbara Schmitz ; with contributions by Pratapaditya Pal, Wheeler M. Thackston, and William M. Voelkle. Distributor from jacket. Main Heritage... Show moreby Barbara Schmitz ; with contributions by Pratapaditya Pal, Wheeler M. Thackston, and William M. Voelkle. Distributor from jacket. Main Heritage Compact General ND2955 .S36 1996 Reference Item-ID: i24889143 BIB-ID: 2704096 Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Show less
Description and travel, Social life and customs, DS112 .B63 1937
Main Heritage Shelves General DS112 .B63 1937 Book Item-ID: i1015243x BIB-ID: 1016879 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS112 .B63 1937 Book Item-ID: i1015243x BIB-ID: 1016879 Show less
Ansata Arabian Stud., Arabian horse--Breeding, Arabian horse--Breeding--Photographs
Ansata Bint Misr -- Ansata Abu Tai -- Ansata Magid Shah -- Ansata Aya Halima -- G. Princess Halima -- Ansata Aya Maria -- Ansata Aya Narida -- JAT... Show moreAnsata Bint Misr -- Ansata Abu Tai -- Ansata Magid Shah -- Ansata Aya Halima -- G. Princess Halima -- Ansata Aya Maria -- Ansata Aya Narida -- JAT Aya Shahwaniyah -- Ansata Halim Bay -- Ansata Misriya -- Ansata Allegra -- Ansarea -- ESA Halim Title and date from item. The album also includes 3 photocopies with photographs and 1 letter to Donald and Judith Forbis. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.FOR.0017 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21534822 BIB-ID: 1983125 Show less